This and That
Newsletter
www.OklahomaHistory.net
Vol 13 Issue 645
Circulation 5,000 June 4, 2009
PO Box 11
Ardmore, Oklahoma
73402
email address:
[email protected]
580-657-8616 (not a toll free number)
I received an interesting email this
week listing all the deputies under U.S. Marshal J. S. Hammer. I recognize
several of the names including one time Carter county sheriff Buck Garrett.
John Hammer is the U.S. Marshal who commissioned Allen "Gus" Bobbitt as a Deputy
U.S. Marshal. As you will remember, Bobbitt was shot by Jesse West, 1 of
the 4 hanged in Ada,
Oklahoma in 1909. All the officers assembled in Ardmore to
greet the
newly appointed U.S. Deputy Marshal, Ben Colbert.
The Daily Ardmoreite - January 30,
1902
The Whole Force
Present
Today, every deputy marshal under U. S. marshal J. S. HAMMER is here,
waiting to see BEN H. COLBERT, new appointed marshal, and all the office
deputies except J. A. TUCKER of Chickasha and W. G. BROWN of Ryan are present.
Field Deputies
LEON BROWN, Mill Creek
J. A. BROWN, Purcell
J. H. BRIDGES, Tishomingo
Z. BROCK, Ryan
JOHN E.
CLEMENS, Pauls Valley
R. M. CUMMINGS, Lone Grove
J. B. DAVIS, Colbert
W. S. DUNCAN, Hickory
BUCK GARRETT, Ardmore
J. W. GAYLARD, Pauls Valley
J. C. GRISHAM, Madill
B. V. HENSON, Ardmore
W. E. MCLEMORE, Marietta
ROBERT NESTER, Ada
J. A. SCHRIMSHER, Foster
W. W. POWERS, Davis
J. M.
STEPHENS, Duncan
JACK WALTERS, colored, Ardmore
Office Deputies
R. HERZ,
Ardmore
GEORGE S. HAMMER, Ardmore
H.E. FOSTER, Ardmore
F. O. SCHNEIDER,
Ardmore
A.M. FOSS, Pauls Valley
J. H. LEATHERMAN, Purcell
J. A. TUCKER,
Chickasha
W. G. BROWN, Ryan
Another history lesson by Betty Carroll:
"Once Upon A Time.... in 1898 a small group of Nuns
traveled to Ardmore to take charge of a newly erected boarding school and were
welcomed by the townspeople. The five Sisters of Mercy who traveled from Sacred
Heart, which was located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, traveled over rough terrain in
covered wagons, which were known as prairie schooners at that time. When they
arrived in Ardmore they found a 2 1/2 story school structure known as St. Agnes
Catholic Academy which had been erected by the
Right Rev. Bishop
Meerschaert, first bishop to Oklahoma. Mother Katharine Drexel, founder of
the Congregation of the Most Blessed Sacrament for Indians and Blacks, had
assisted in securing the necessary funds for promotion of the school. When the
federal contract expired in 1932, government support was withdrawn and
enrollment decreased. The school existed as a private organization and served
the parish as a parochial school for many years." -Recorded by Betty
Carroll March 15, 1989
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos4a/StAgnes1900.jpg
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net/ttphotos4a/StAgnesB&B.jpg
Last week I forgot to include a link
to the pic of the bottle and a typo in his email address, so here it is again:
Caleb Hacker came by this week with an unusual item he
came across northwest of
Ardmore. An old bottle of some kind, with the words Ace of Drinks, but seems no
one knows who made these type of bottles. Caleb thinks it was
manufactured/sold in the Ardmore area. Maybe a T&T Reader recognizes this
unusual bottle??? Caleb's email address is
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos9a/AceOfDrinksBottle.jpg
The Woodford-Milo Reunion is being
held Sunday, June 14, 2009 at the
Woodford VOL Fire station.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos9a/WoodfordMiloReunion2009.jpg
Well, this week Jill and I got into
chicken farming faster than we planned thanks to Gary Simmons and his wife.
They gave us 4 Rhode Island
Reds, 3 pullets and a rooster, all about 6 to 8 weeks old. Wednesday after
work I had to rush home and finished up a few things on the Hen Hotel so they'd
have a safe place to spend the night. Jill and I got through about 8:30pm
Wednesday and ushered the
chickens in to their new home. They looked happy, probably
never had a five star hotel to sleep in. I'll have more on the
chickens and their
coop next week.
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/ttphotos9a/RhodeIslandReds060309.jpg
In 1924 there were an estimated
120,000 chickens in Carter county, 50 per
farm. That's 240 farms. Times have sure changed since 1924.
A couple of months ago I discovered a
website that monitors over 200,000 questionable websites worldwide, and keeps
those bad guys away. There are dozens of categories including adware and
spyware sites they monitor and stop them in their tracks, before they every pop
up on your computer. The FREE service is called OpenDNS. Jill and I
have had it monitoring our internet at home the past two months with no problem.
It sure is nice to have the peace of mind that OpenDNS protects us from those
bad websites. And an added plus, our internet even speeded up after we
started using OpenDNS. If you have any questions, drop me a line.
http://www.OpenDNS.com
If you need a free CD and DVD burning
program, Image Burn is freeware and does a great job.
http://www.imgburn.com/
Ten cheapest places to buy gas in the Ardmore area......
http://www.oklahomahistory.net/gasprices.html
Q. During WWII how many POW
camps did Oklahoma have?
A.
31 camps, in 26 counties
Q. What epidemic hit
Oklahoma in 1918?
A. (answer in next week's T&T)
Some mail from this week's MAILBAG.....
Marietta is hosting its 43rd Annual Love County Frontier Days on June 11-13,
2009 on Marietta's Historic Courthouse Lawn and Main Street. The event will
feature a frontier parade, carnival, live music, games for children and adults,
numerous vendors, a classic car show, and will highlight the 30th Anniversary of
the Love County Historical Society's Pioneer Museum. Those with questions should
contact Nic McMillin at 580-276-6732 or 580-276-3255
Oklahoma Antique Aircraft Association will be having a "Fly-In" at the Pauls
Valley Airport, Pauls Valley, Oklahoma on Saturday, June 6, 2009. It will be
open to the public and is a gathering of pre and post WWII aircraft. The Pauls
Valley Kiwanis will be selling breakfast at 8:00 AM and lunch at 12:00 PM.
Please attend and enjoy the fun and learn a little about aviation.
For further info please contact: Johnene Smith -
580-653-2622
[email protected] or Glenn Smith -
580-653-2253
or http://www.antiqueairfield.com
http://www.antiqueairfield.com/chapters/ok_chapter_2009_01.pdf
"We took this video today at Sulphur, the water is crystal clear and running
again after all the rain we got, some of the springs there actually dried up
this year. When I drive thru this place I always call Scheryl and tell her I am
in her favorite place in the world and she knows right where I am. Enjoy the
beauty."Doug Williams, Author
Gene Autry, Oklahoma, A Lifetime of Memories
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DyUHwz-bpHY
"Hello Butch, I thought I would pass along this website that has some neat free
utility programs that you might find useful. I know you like to put such sites
in your newsletter from time to time which I have appreciated." -Jerry Summy
http://www.karenware.com
"A few years ago on our farm north of Sulphur, we had a "guinea" pen
enclosed with heavy wire. The door was made of plywood. That was a mistake.
One night something chewed through the door and killed all the guineas. Most
probably it was a bobcat. I hope your hens have better luck. Thanks for all
the informative news each week." -Iva Lee Quetone
"This is amazing but these honey bees are drinking a quart jar of hummingbird
nectar everyday. They are being well fed at the Williams casa." -Doug
Williams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gis5PNOwkWQ
The Oklahoma Department of Public Safety has just implemented a tool where you
can sign up to receive an email notification when your drivers license is about
to expire. Below is the link to sign up for an e-mail reminder 45 days before
the license expires.
http://www.dps.state.ok.us/renewal/
"Hey Butch, my Mom and I were discussing your new Hen
House. I told my Mom that
I was gonna have to write ya and tell ya not to forget the nest egg.. we always
left an egg with an X marked on it in each nest (to fool the chickens so they
would not know you were stealing their eggs). LOL or... my Mom said when she was
a little girl people would use an old white doorknob! I thought that was so
funny. I guess a nest eggs works because the chickens we had would never lay in
a nest unless there was one in there.. yes I was the egg gatherer! P.S. the nest
egg was always rotten we did not bother emptying the contents out before we put
the X on it."
"Butch, I don't know if you knew that Shorty Claxton of Claxton's Grocery in Healdton was the
grandfather of
Sherri Buben Coale, The coach of the Oklahoma Sooners women's basketball
team. The store was located 300 block on Sinclair Street.
Shorty was also a
deputy sherriff after he closed the store. There was also a Hopkins Grocery who
sold out to Jim Teel and Hall's Grocery which was next to the Wacker's 5 and 10
cent store on main, and
John Weatherford's Fruit Stand that sold out to Freeman Bray on Main Street next
to the Nu Show." -Perry Pearson
"In Love County, Nathan Banks had a grocery and Post Office at Bellville near
the cotton gin. After many years he sold the store and it was continues by
Marion Roberson, then Arthur Blankenship, then Jack Blankenship. The Post Office
Window and mail boxes are in the Love Co. Historical Museum." -Gaye in Courtney,
Oklahoma
"There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle.
The other is as though everything is a miracle." - Albert Einstein
See everyone next week!
Butch and Jill Bridges
Nashobish Ikana
PO Box 11
Ardmore, Oklahoma 73402
http://www.OklahomaHistory.net
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Ardmore Army Air Field/Ardmore Air Force Base Website
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Carter county schools, past and present
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Carter County Government Website
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